tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post2072510637145422619..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: The Sound Of One Man ClappingJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-54804422114920119742013-05-21T11:59:44.359-04:002013-05-21T11:59:44.359-04:00As for Al-Quaeda & its affiliates, there was n...As for Al-Quaeda & its affiliates, there was no reason for them to return to the US to kill Americans after 9/11 because they didn't have to. Shrub sent the US military to not one but two countries in southwest Asia and left them there like bears chained to a post. Al-Quaeda et al. never had to leave the region; they could, and did, bleed us physically and fiscally just fine right theredeskpilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10629972811532620959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-43022938786872978612013-05-08T08:24:14.768-04:002013-05-08T08:24:14.768-04:00Lest we forget, our sandcastle nation continues bu...Lest we forget, our sandcastle nation continues building out on a peaking river of oil. Add Iraq and Afghanistan to a long list of mega opportunity costs. prairie curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-24396747624939290562013-04-30T16:04:12.977-04:002013-04-30T16:04:12.977-04:00Ken: Wait until the Great Syrian Adventure (Libya...Ken: Wait until the Great Syrian Adventure (Libyan Freedumb II) really takes off! <br /><br />Brian Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-33653855005144887142013-04-30T15:08:25.925-04:002013-04-30T15:08:25.925-04:00The price of "no" terrorist attacks on U...The price of "no" terrorist attacks on US soil was tens of thousands of US lives and limbs lost in a war which only turned Iraq over to the Iranian sphere of influence.<br /><br />But I hope the blogger realizes Obama could have completely discredited the Bush Administration by doing what the antiwar left foolishly expected him to do if he won. He didn't not just to put the past Ken Hoopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-71200948841005428002013-04-30T15:08:14.658-04:002013-04-30T15:08:14.658-04:00The price of "no" terrorist attacks on U...The price of "no" terrorist attacks on US soil was tens of thousands of US lives and limbs lost in a war which only turned Iraq over to the Iranian sphere of influence.<br /><br />But I hope the blogger realizes Obama could have completely discredited the Bush Administration by doing what the antiwar left foolishly expected him to do if he won. He didn't not just to put the past Ken Hoopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-20835159340604782152013-04-29T23:59:33.877-04:002013-04-29T23:59:33.877-04:00Someone tell Krauthammer about the huge mistake at...Someone tell Krauthammer about the huge mistake at Tora Bora.Steve J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952259820467688797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-61382856647715811622013-04-29T21:43:22.710-04:002013-04-29T21:43:22.710-04:00All good, except Dubya sold that Crawford flea pit...All good, except Dubya sold that Crawford flea pit about five minutes after leaving the White House; moved to a high zoot suburb in Dallas. Don't know how he occupies himself without any brush to cut...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-92202812678288143782013-04-29T01:59:15.284-04:002013-04-29T01:59:15.284-04:00Point? Just that this History Will Say stuff is in...Point? Just that this History Will Say stuff is in general, not in just this instance, a pile of codswallop. Porlock Juniorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16791629233605877049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-43531229011945348222013-04-28T22:42:14.589-04:002013-04-28T22:42:14.589-04:00"Finally, the surge, a courageous Bush decisi..."Finally, the surge, a courageous Bush decision taken against near-universal opposition, that produced the greatest U.S. military turnaround since the Inchon landing."<br /><br />I hear this point made al the time, and it's so silly when you think about it for a second. It's like saying, "The surgeon who preformed my operation was incredible! He was able to remove the Ufotofu9https://www.blogger.com/profile/12211994492168099117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-17415136610208853922013-04-28T15:21:55.891-04:002013-04-28T15:21:55.891-04:00Porlock: What point are you trying to make?Porlock: What point are you trying to make?Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-79384617961318888612013-04-28T13:21:43.292-04:002013-04-28T13:21:43.292-04:00I'm not gonna go read the original article, bu...I'm not gonna go read the original article, but did Chuckles explain why he thinks it was f*king Obama's task to conclude a status of forces agreement with Iraq, when Bush had already done that in 2008? Obama tried very hard, or at least his agents did, for a full year to get the Iraqi government to let our troops stay there with full legal immunity for any little crimes they might Procopiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554355440319405363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-32890833811163272602013-04-28T02:40:07.528-04:002013-04-28T02:40:07.528-04:00I'm gonna go all out for the popularity prize ...I'm gonna go all out for the popularity prize here by quoting from C. S. Lewis. The sexist language alone will assure that; but I still like the content. From memory: <br /><br />Our age worships as the Goddess History what a manlier time scorned as Strumpet Fortune.Porlock Juniorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16791629233605877049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-20497122912371842622013-04-28T00:53:00.023-04:002013-04-28T00:53:00.023-04:00When folks say that "history will decide"...When folks say that "history will decide" this or that, they often look forward to an era when historians no longer work from evidence. They anticipate that after the Koch brothers buy the <i>LA Times</i> and the <i>Chicago Tribune</i>, they will move on to Harvard, Yale, and the University of Wisconsin. James Stripeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13437334325501974461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-4295343413825425772013-04-27T21:15:17.311-04:002013-04-27T21:15:17.311-04:00The Soviet Empire collapsed under the weight of ec...<i>The Soviet Empire collapsed under the weight of economic and military hubris, dogmatic policy covering for petty thievery and mass murder, a profound, culture-based addiction to paranoia, and--maybe most importantly, in the modern age--an aversion to open scientific inquiry.</i><br /><br />Sounds a lot like the Republican Party.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-21411894127691189742013-04-27T17:55:25.424-04:002013-04-27T17:55:25.424-04:00Once again I would like to point out that people l...Once again I would like to point out that people like <i>Dr. Strangelove</i> there have columns in the Washington Post.<br /> You have this blog.<br /><br />My world is fucking insane.Weird Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-41254380435429653862013-04-27T17:20:31.729-04:002013-04-27T17:20:31.729-04:00Why lookie here, one quick trip to Wikipedia and I...Why lookie here, one quick trip to Wikipedia and I find 9 succesful terrorist attacks on American soil between 9/11 and the Boston marathon:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-abortion_violence<br />I guess when whit American Christian males committ acts of terrorism they are justifiable actions. <br />BobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-75106130129669618052013-04-27T10:59:57.773-04:002013-04-27T10:59:57.773-04:00Wow, Mr. Cabbagetool, all that great institutional...Wow, Mr. Cabbagetool, all that great institutional and policy infrastructure bringing "ultimate victory" in the Cold War without once using the words <i>Vietnam</i> or <i>Cambodia</i>, a Very Hot War brought to you by the very same infrastructure (not to mention how the word <i>Vietnam</i> might help provide some of that "context" thing when it comes to discussions of R. 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